To the frozen heart of Ural

Beautiful ethnographic film about the mansi nation life set in a majestic ural taiga.

Reindeers and Northern indigenous nations of Russia such as nenets, mansi and khanty are inextricably connected. Reindeer has earned the people's trust. This beautiful and clever animal in mountains, taiga and tundra first of all is a friend, companion and assistant for an indigenous man.

In the mansi nation there's a belief as old as life itself that many centuries ago seven giants were crossing mount range of Ural to destroy Vogulsky people, but when they saw a sacred vogul mountain "Yalpyng-Nyor". Leader of the invaders dropped his drum and stood still forever. Seven high stone columns - all that was left from the enemies. Giants guard the calm of forgotten mountain castle "Moning-Tumi".

A film about the Northern Urals and its nature, as well as about the life of a local forester and his family.

South Keltma may seem an ordinary river from the first sight, but it's meaning is huge. Keltma connects the White Sea with the Caspian sea, north and south!

Beautiful and poetic film directed by Mikhail Zaplatin about harsh and majestic nature of Ural. Whimsical hoary forest, fantastic peaks, coral cities, austere churning rivers...

There are no highways leading to the heart of Subpolar Urals to the land of tales and legends. It doesn't like to reveal it's secrets to people, it put up oh his boarders stone patrol of mountains and hills, scattered boulders, spilled fast rivers. But those travellers, who had managed to overcome all this obstacles will be rewarded. Nowhere on earth will you find such beautiful nature as in the Subpolar Urals.

When spring melts ice on the rivers and air is full of whistle from bird's wings, here in the north it gets so clear that in bird's world a sense of home, great instinct of procreation and irresistible urge for dear nest are all-powerfull.

North. Expedition to one of the inflows of cold Pechora. The film crew doesn't know yet with that this land will please them. The most amazing thing in the world is life itself in all its expressions even the smallest.

The river Unya starts at the western hillside of northern Ural. Unya's wellhead is located near Pechora's wellhead in a place where the Republic of Komi, Sverdlovsk region and Perm Krai come together.

About glaciers and lakes of the Ural, about it's mysteries and discoveries.

The film, shot in the city of Mezen in the Arkhangelsk region, tells about the spiritual culture and traditions of the Pomors, the wooden architecture of Mezen, crafts and the city as a place of exile.

The deer trail led the film crew of Perm television studio to the heart of spring taiga. First spring drops, first bare patches. After a several weeks dawns will be full with birds' polyphony and beauty taiga will thaw, come back to live and smile.